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This workshop, based on the Tech Learning Collective's intensive WEB101 course,
is a practical introduction to the basics of creating Web sites of any
size, from personal blogs to full-fledged Web applications. No prior
experience in Web design is assumed, but even experienced "front-end
designers" will leave with a better understanding of what Web sites are
really made of:

The Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the de-facto
standard for publishing information online, a kind of digital equivalent
to learning to read and write. Why, then, is it so rarely explained in
terms of the language that it actually is? What is HTML's
grammar, where do HTML "sentences" begin and end, and how is meaning
represented in its elements? You don't need a computer science degree to
learn a foreign language, and that includes HTML.

This workshop is designed for anyone who ever wanted to toy with HTML
once or twice, whether it was in the 90's or just last week. Based on a
portion of the Tech Learning Collective's WEB101 course,
it is a remarkably thorough treatment of some of the Web's most
powerful and most-often overlooked parts. Covering the structure of HTML
and extending to the richness of semantic data formats like Microdata and RDFa,
learn how to write in the Web's native language so that both humans
(like your friends and comrades) and machines (like Google!) can find,
use, and most importantly understand what you're saying.

Tickets are offered on a first-come, first-served basis:

$25 -- Suggested Donation (no one will be turned away for lack of funds!)

You do not need to bring a laptop to class, but may want to do so to follow along with the exercises.

As with all Tech Learning Collective events, racism, queerphobia,
transphobia, sexism, "brogrammer," "manarchist," or any kind of
similarly awful behavior will result in immediate removal from class without a refund. Please refer to our lightweight social rules for details on our strictly enforced no-tolerance policy against bigotry of any kind.